Annotations
GOLCONDA a post-village, capital of Pope county, Illinois, on Ohio river, at the mouth of Lusk creek, 220 miles S. S. E. from Springfield. It has a brick court house. (Baldwin's New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States..., 1854)
GOLCONDA A post village, capital of Pope county, on the Ohio river, at the mouth of Lusk creek, 220 miles south-south-east from Springfield. A brick court house adds to the beauty of the place. Considerable business is done at this point. J. M. Boicourt, Postmaster. (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer...,1859)
Total Population 1860
404
Latitude
37.362137
Longitude
-88.486721
Waterways
Yes
Type
City or Town
County
Pope
State
Illinois